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... reason for rejecting the old notion is the total silence of the Bible ; but we mean that little explanatory note on the Essenes which our Bible trans- lators under James I. have thought fit to adopt , and , in reality , to adopt from ...
... reason for rejecting the old notion is the total silence of the Bible ; but we mean that little explanatory note on the Essenes which our Bible trans- lators under James I. have thought fit to adopt , and , in reality , to adopt from ...
Page 83
... reason for Falstaff's interpolated words . Nor do I see the slightest reason for inter- changing the speeches of the Countess and of Lafeu , but great reason for the former saying what she did , and yet so effectually veiling her ...
... reason for Falstaff's interpolated words . Nor do I see the slightest reason for inter- changing the speeches of the Countess and of Lafeu , but great reason for the former saying what she did , and yet so effectually veiling her ...
Page 165
... reason is said to be that corpses are usually carried by an even number of bearers . The Western huntsman regards a meeting with an old woman as a sign that good game will be wanting in the day's sport . The Hindoo widow , in the same ...
... reason is said to be that corpses are usually carried by an even number of bearers . The Western huntsman regards a meeting with an old woman as a sign that good game will be wanting in the day's sport . The Hindoo widow , in the same ...
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